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Konica Minolta

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See the world in a whole new perspective through the lens of the Minolta Maxxum 7000. This Konica film camera is an apt auto-focus device for both a beginner and an intermediate photographer thanks to its easy-to-use program mode where you just have to aim and click. With a shutter speed of 1/2000 to 30th second, this SLR camera will freeze fast-moving images and give you amazing shots of objects in motion. This Konica film camera flaunts various modes to enhance your photography like 'Aperture-priority' where you can control background blur or 'Shutter-priority' for moving objects. This smart SLR camera will intimate you if your shutter-speed, exposure, and focus are inappropriate for a shot with a beep. Encapsulate the world in your Minolta Maxxum 7000.

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i bought this as a gift for my husband who has been experimenting with film as a medium for his photographs. Buying a Minolta was an informed choice as he has recently unearthed my old second hand model bought some 30 years ago (and in full working order). This camera lives up to the Minolta name and is in really good condition. Even better the lens fittings are similar and interchangeable with my current model. The quality of the photos taken is very good an reminds us of how film camreas like this still have a place in our digital world.

The 7000 is a very easy to use multi-mode auto-focus camera. The controls fall easily to hand and are supported by a full information viewfinder. You seldom need to take the camera from your eye to make adjustments. Keys on the left top-plate set exposure mode, film drive mode, exposure compensation and film speed. They are used in conjunction with two sets of up/down buttons, one pair on the right top-plate the other pair on the left side-plate. You can use either set. Information appears in the viewfinder (except drive mode) as you press the appropriate key. All information appears in the top-plate display. In manual mode one pair of buttons set shutter speed the other lens aperture. It is a very positive and fool-proof system. Much better than press this and turn that systems. If you get in a muddle and need to extract yourself quckly a recessed P buttton resets you to Progam mode. The light metering pattern is what I call 'true centre-weighted' not 'average centre-weighted' Both are most sensitive to the centre area where the subject is likely to be but the difference is the former is biased to be less sensitive to the upper portion of the screen than the lower portion. Thus it is inherently less sensitive to a bright sky. In difficult lighting the trick is to switch the meter on with a tap on the shutter release, compose the frame to suit the lighting, use the AE Lock button on the rear of the camera to hold the reading, recompose the frame and take the picture. AF lock takes place as you take-up first pressure on the release. If the lighting of the subject is too bright or too dark then compensate with the compensation control, or for finer control change the ISO setting. All these settings appear in the viewfinder as you select them. It works a treat. A range of eyesight correction lenses clip into the viewfinder if you need them. Best Flash Unit is the 2800AF (get one with a 28mm wide angle adapter), use its ISO control to change the fill-in ratio. A 35-70 f/4 Zoom and a 28mm f/2.8 lens will cover most needs. Use a 50mm f/1.7 or 35mm f/2 on a dull day. The standard battery holder is for 4 AAA cells, the AA holder will give you a better grip if you use a 70-210 Zoon lens. The 2nd edition of the Hove-Fountain book by Kaspar is a good supplement to the instruction book.Read full review

The original autofocus SLR now hugely underrated. Solid build and quality feel. Comfortable to handle and easy to understand controls even without a guide book. Controls fall easily to hand, viewfinder is clear, bright, and information display is easy to read and unfussy. A huge range of accessories for this and later cameras) are available on Ebay at ridiculously low prices.
One huge advantage is that just about every AF lens made for Minolta Autofocus SLRs and DSLRs (and subsequent Sony Alpha cameras), will fit and work with this body; making it an ideal and cheap 35mm companion to the new Sony Alpha DSLRs.

This camera was the first of Minolta's cameras introduced to the market alongside its range of interchangeable lenses. It was a superb camera and had an optional data back for imprinting date, time, etc., information on the negative if required. I am not quite sure of the exact date of introduction, but I bought one around 1987 in Switzerland, along with a couple of lenses.
I part-exchanged my 7000 a few years ago for a 7xi. I have worked through the Minoltas going digital then a Sony after Sony took over the Minolta camera division. The lenses I bought back in 1987 for the 7000 work on my Sony Alpha 900. That is absolutely excellent forwards and backwards compatibility between lenses and cameras, both film and digital. The only exception in the range of lenses for such compatibility is the DT lenses.
I bought this camera because I wanted to complete my range of Minola cameras with two generations of film and two generations of digital and replace what I had part-exchanged several years back.
There are still several ways in which a film camera will produce better results than digital, even compared with recent digital cameras.
The bottom has fallen out of the market for older cameras which means there are now some excellent bargains available.
The 7000 camera is an excellent film camera.Read full review